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Re: Slink, 2.2.10 and printing



	Subject: Slink, 2.2.10 and printing
	Date: Sun, Jul 11, 1999 at 03:54:04PM -0600

In reply to:Gary L. Hennigan

Quoting Gary L. Hennigan(glhenni@cs.sandia.gov):
> So I decided to take the plunge and install a 2.2.x kernel (2.2.10),
> under slink. Everything works fine, except for printing. I can't seem
> to get the printer to work. lpr seems to work, but when I do an lpq I
> get something like:
> 
> waiting for lp to become ready (offline ?)
> Rank   Owner      Job  Files                                 Total Size
> 1st    root       22   tape-list                             968 bytes
> 
> The lp kernel module is loaded fine, but nothing happens. Is this
> something I didn't compile properly in the kernel or do I need to
> upgrade something in slink to get it to work?
> 
> I'm not sure where to look on this one so let me know if there's more
> information I can provide.

Suggest you read the /usr/src/linux/Documentation files.

#1 in 2.2.x lp1 changed to lp0 (change your /etc/printcap)
#2 Printers now use PARPORT.

HTH

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